Maybe you would like to sponsor a School-Based Business at your school?
The
Corner Junction Store at Magic City Campus is a good example
of a school based enterprise in which students learn the workplace
skills needed to find success in a retail establishment. Michelle
Boyeff, marketing education teacher at MCC, along with her management
class oversee the day to day operation of the store. All marketing
and management students must work one hour a week at the store
as a requirement of their class. Through this school-based enterprise
learning experience, students gain skills in speaking, listening,
customer service, inventory control, problem solving, teamwork,
and math.
Fifth
grade students at Lincoln Elementary School are learning valuable
work skills by planning, implementing, and operating an after
school store for Lincoln school customers who, for the most
part, are students. Students
work in groups of three to manage and operate the store. They
review catalogs to determine items to sell and the best prices
before placing their orders or preparing a list for teachers
going to Sam's Club, where they pick "on sale" food items. The
store is open three days a week and a team of three students
is responsible for opening, providing customer service, closing,
and putting the cash away. No calculators or cash registers
are allowed, so knowing how to give and receive correct change
is very important. Student customers have a fifty cent spending
limit on food items. The Magic
City Campus Construction Technology class, under the supervision
of Vern Thiessen, built a secure portable math store display
unit. This unit has a tempered glass top for easy viewing and
a lock to secure inventory. Presidential funds provided by Mrs.
Saathoff, enabled the class to buy the store. This Math
Store After School Project is an excellent example of how schools
can teach and model the knowledge and skills required for success.
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